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1、AReviewofCaseStudy 1?Introduction Thecasestudyisanexcellentmethodforobtainingathickdescriptionofacomplexsocialissueembeddedwithinaculturalcontext.Itoffersvividandin-depthinsightsthatnoothermethodcanyield,allowingresearcherstoexaminehowanintricatesetofcircumstancescomestogetherandinteractinshapi
2、ngthesocialworldaroundus.（D?rnyei，2007）Thecasestudyhasbeenappliedtoawiderangeoffieldsinsocialscienceandregardedasatypicaltraditionofqualitativeinquiryineducationandlanguageteaching.Despiteweaknessesandchallengesofacasestudyasachoiceofwhatistobestudiedthepotentialoftheparticularcasestudywithhighqu
3、alityanddetailscanstillcontributetothoroughandin-depthunderstandingsofatargetphenomenon,itsuniquenessanditscomplexity. 2?DefinitionofCaseStudy Adiversityofresearchersandscholarshasproducedvariousdefinitionswiththeirownparticularemphasisanddirectionforresearch.Yin（2003）mentionsacasestudyisanempi
4、ricalinquirythatinvestigatesacontemporaryphenomenonwithinitsreal-life6context,especiallywhentheboundariesbetweenphenomenonandcontextarenotclearlyevident.WhileStake（1995）emphasizesaboundedsystem,Johnson（1992）referstotheunitofanalysis.Also,VanWynsbergheandKhan（2007）definedacasestudyasatransparadigm
5、aticandtransdisciplinaryheuristicthatinvolvesthecarefuldelineationofthephenomenaforwhichevidenceisbeingcollected(event,concept,program,process,etc.).Notwithstandingavarietyofdefinitionsanddescriptionspertinenttoacasestudybyanumberofresearchers,itisnoteasytodefineacasestudyandidentifyitscharacteri
6、sticspreciselyandclearly. 3?MainCharacteristicsofCaseStudy Particularity:Casestudiesfocusonaspecificsituationorphenomenon,exploringtheparticularityofasinglecase（Stake1995）.Specifically,aparticularcaseoraunitisstudiedintensivelywiththeunderstandingofcomplexsocialcircumstances.Thecasecanbeanindiv
7、idual,anevent,aninstitutionorevenanationandsoon. Complexity:Casestudiesresearcherscollectsufficientdata,analyzecomplexsocialinteractionsandgeneratearichthickdescriptionwhichcanofferin-depthinsightsandholisticunderstan
